Richlands Magistrates Court

Worst experience!

friendly staff, shout out to Alysha at the Registry (I hope I spelt it right) for her very kind and helpful service, thanks!

A very conveniently located state goverment office. It provides legal services such as birth, death and marriage registry certificates and receipt of government payments. The staff have a good level of service delivery and are quite knowledgeable about the services they provide. The office is probably not so well known because finding parking is easy every time I've used their services. Entry to the building can be a little confusing because of the security monitors. They aren't used when the magistrate isn't sitting and your reflex is to walk through them. Great service.

Secret trials are part of Queenslands Justice system in 2018. There was a case here in Richlands Magistrates court in front of Magistrate APSimpson in which the accused man was not allowed to hear the accusations made against him. Even after the circus trial he paid $600 for the transcript of the hearing. It contained no words from the prosecution. The transcript provided only started when the defence began. So he applied for the audio recording of the hearing. Remember this was a criminal hearing where the man was accused of offences and being held in custody. When the man recieved the audio recording of the trial - Richlands Magistrates court AP Simpson and Auscript had removed the entire prosecution section from the recording. Even after the conclusion of the events, the man was still refused permission to hear the accusations against him. Secret trials where the accused man is prevented from hearing the accusations against him? Only Richlands Magistrates Court in Queensland Australia has the 'honourable' AP Simpson in charge where shennanigans like this can occur. Disgrace to the nation.